Swarley: Difference between revisions

{{shortleadlead too short|date=May 2015}}

| airdate = November 6,{{Start date|2006|11|06}}

| writer = [[Greg Malins]]

| prev = [[Aldrin Justice]]

"'''Swarley'''" is the seventh episode in the [[How I Met Your Mother (season 2)|second season]] of the television series ''[[How I Met Your Mother]]''. It originally aired on November 6, 2006. on [[CBS]].

The name "Swarley" is taken from an in-episode joke. A [[Coffeehouse|coffee shop]] [[barista]] mistakenly hears [[Barney Stinson|Barney]]'s name as "Swarley" and writes it on his cup. This leads to a [[running gag]] in which everyone mercilessly refers to Barney as "Swarley" despite his protests. This culminates to the point of the entire bar shouting ""Swarley" when he enters, as a [[callback (comedy)|callback]] to the sitcom ''[[Cheers]]''.

The guys go to a coffee shop, where [[Ted Mosby|Ted]]then points out that Chloe ([[Morena Baccarin]]), the girl working there, has drawn a heart nextproceeds to [[Marshallteach Eriksen|Marshall]]'s nameto onuse his cup.charm Tedto insists thatconvince Chloe hasto ago [[limerence|crush]]out onwith Marshall because she always laughs at his lame joke about how they fit a [[pumpkin]] into a pumpkin-flavored [[latte]]him. As Marshall leaves, his name is called for (an unordered) pumpkin latte on which Chloe has written her number. Later, when Marshall introduces Chloe to Ted and Barney at the bar, they tell him that she has the "Crazy Eyes", an indicator of future [[mental instability]]. Both Ted and Barney give Marshall examples of their experiences with this [[malady]]; Barney's crazy-eyed [[dating|date]] wanted a [[threesome]] with a [[teddy bear]], while Ted's crazy-eyed date picked up a long metal rod and repeatedly hit a car that nearly hit them as they were about to cross the street. Marshall shrugs it off. The next day, as Marshall is taking a test, he receives a call from Chloe who says that she is being followed by a [[hunchback]] with a limp. Later, Marshall takes Chloe back to his apartment and suspects that she broke a picture of him and [[Lily Aldrin|Lily]] that was sitting on the end table. However, itand turnsdecides outto thatlook Lilyinto hasher beeneyes hidingto insee thewhether apartment,she andis popscrazy outor (muchnot. However, to Marshall and Chloe's surprise)., Lily introduces herself, andwho leaveshas thebeen apartmenthiding dejected and crying. Marshall follows her out toin the stepsapartment, leavingpops Chloeout sittingfrom onbehind the sofacouch.

Earlier in the week, Lily [[confide]]sconfided in [[Robin Scherbatsky|Robin]] that she is scared by the idea of Marshall going out on a date with another woman. Despite hearing that Ted believes she has crazy eyes, Lily wantswanted to see what Chloe looks like. It turns out that Lily was the hunchback following Chloe—she was carrying a book bag, then covered herself with a coat to shield herself from the rain (the hump), and limped because she hit her knee while concentrating on seeing the face of Chloe. Lily, while visiting Ted and Robin in the apartment, realized that Marshall had moved the picture of the two of them. She sneaked into the apartment before Marshall bringsbrought Chloe home to put it in a more conspicuous place, and it broke. While hiding from Marshall and Chloe, she got upset and jumped out. Lily introduces herself, and leaves the apartment dejected and crying. Marshall follows her out to the steps, leaving Chloe sitting on the sofa.

Marshall realizes that he should get back together with Lily even though he says that Lily has the craziest eyes he's has ever seen. Six months after Ted came back to the apartment and found Marshall alone and upset after the [[engagement]] ended, he returnsand Barney return to find Marshall and Lily happy and back together. The gang first goes to McLaren's for a drink and then returns upstairs to the apartment, finding it has been [[ransack]]ed by Chloe who has been "searching" for her "lost" keys which are in fact sitting in plain sight on the coffee table in front of where she had been sitting. Marshall points out the keys and Chloe departs, leaving a nonplussed gang and apparently proving the "Crazy Eyes" theory. As she leaves, Chloe calls Robin "Roland", and Barney tries to use it as an opportunity to stop everyone from calling him "Swarley", to no success.

Meanwhile,In Chloethe writesfinal Barney's name as "Swarley"scene, prompting everyone to call him the name for the duration of the episode. Barney protests,walks but variations oninto the [[nickname]] become a running gag throughout the episode. Just prior to leaving the apartmentbar, Chloe calls Robin "Roland", and Barney tries to use it as an opportunity to stop everyone from calling himshouts "Swarley". Inreferencing the finalentrance scene,of however,[[Norm BarneyPeterson]] walksfrom into the bar, everyone shouts "Swarley",''Cheers'' and he turns and walks out dejectedly as Carl the [[bartender]] plays the ''Cheers'' theme: "[[Where Everybody Knows Your Name]]." The credits are then presented in the same font used on the show ''Cheers''.

Both [[Digital Spy]] and ''[[Radio Times]]'' listed "Swarley" as one of the ten best ''How I Met Your Mother'' episodes, with the latter describing it as "one of the most [[ridiculous]] episodes of ''How I Met Your Mother''", but claiming "that's exactly why it works".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/ustv/s212/how-i-met-your-mother/feature/a559862/how-i-met-your-mother-the-10-best-episodes-from-cbs-comedy.html#~peQ6s9QUeCHuSt|title=How I Met Your Mother: The 10 best episodes from CBS comedy|last=Eames|first=Tom|work=[[Digital Spy]]|date=March 24, 2014|accessdate=June 6, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2014-03-31/how-i-met-your-mother-the-ten-best-episodes|title=How I Met Your Mother: The ten best episodes|work=[[Radio Times]]|last=Velarde|first=Ciera|date=March 31, 2014|accessdate=June 6, 2015}}</ref>

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